kings

\kiŋ\

/\kiŋ\/ noun

The verdict

“kings” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,300. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,300
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de king.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kings · kings · French

kings · rank #14,300 · 8 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,300
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH kids

Nearest frequency peer: kids (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « kings »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « kings » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

kings vs kong
60% similar
kings vs kiss
60% similar
kings vs kung
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for kings
PropertyValue
Headwordkings
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kiŋ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,300
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kings »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.kingsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « kids » (#14,299), « latino » (#14,301), « ka » (#14,298). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kings » est au #14,300. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around kings (IPA \kiŋ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,300 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de king.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for kings, with forms such as "ikngs", "kigns", and "kinggs". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "kong", "kiss", "kung", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is kings, spelled K-I-N-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de king.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ikngs
  • kigns
  • kinggs
  • kingss
  • kinngs
  • kinsg
  • kkings
  • knigs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kings - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ikngs2kigns2kinggs1kingss1kinngs1kinsg2kkings1knigs2
Edit distance from "kings"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kings"?
"kings" is spelled K-I-N-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kiŋ\.
What does "kings" mean?
As a noun, "kings" means: Pluriel de king.
What words are commonly confused with "kings"?
"kings" is commonly confused with "kong", "kiss", "kung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "kings"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kings" is \kiŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kings" come from?
"kings" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kings", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list